Shin

Shin
	; Shin, as illustrated by Tetsuo Hara.
Name in Kanji	シン
Name in Romaji	Shin
Alternate spelling(s)	Sin
Fighting Style	Nanto Koshū Ken
Allegiance(s)	n/a
Family	none known
Position(s)	Leader of the King organization
Appearances	Manga (ch. 4-10, 121), Anime (ep. 1-22, 97), Yuria Gaiden, others
Voice actor(s)	Toshio Furukawa, Takuya Kirimoto (Legends of the True Savior)

Shin (シン) is the successor of Nanto Koshū Ken (南斗孤鷲拳, "South Dipper Lone Eagle Fist"), one of the martial art styles within the Nanto Rokusei Ken. He bears the destiny of the Star of Martyrdom (殉星, Junsei), who is destined to live and die for love.

Shin secretly desired Kenshirō's fiancee Yuria since as long as he remembers. After the nuclear war and the death of Master Ryuken, Shin was persuaded by Jagi to challenge Kenshirō and take Yuria by force. Shin defeated Ken and engraved the seven scars on his chest as a reminder of his defeat.

Afterwards, Shin assumed on the name of King and expanded his organization, building Yuria the city of Southern Cross to win her affections. However, his continued atrocities only drove Yuria to commit suicide by leaping off the top floor of Shin's palace. Yuria survived thanks to the intervention of the Nanto Gosha Sei, who arrived on Southern Cross to protect Yuria from Raoh's impending invasion. Shin entrusted Yuria to the Goshasei's custody and allowed his reputation to be tarnished by pretending that he was her murderer.

One year after their initial battle, Ken and Shin fought each other once again within Shin's palace. Motivated by the "tenacity" Shin taught him after their first battle, Ken overpowered Shin and struck his vital points in the shape of Shin's emblem - the Bloody Cross. Maintaining that Yuria had died, Shin refused to die from Ken's technique and took his own life by leaping off the balcony of his palace, as Yuria did before him.

Differences between manga and adaptations

In the television series and movie adaptation, Shin was originally friends with Kenshirō and the two were said to have grown up together. In the manga, Shin was only a rival until Kenshirō defeated him and learned of his sorrow, acknowledging him as a friend thereafter because of their kindred love for Yuria.

Shin's army is also notably more extensive in the television series. In addition to his four generals (Heart, Spade, Diamond, and Club), it also includes the God's Army organization, and Jackal's gang, who are both subsumed under his command. After Kenshirō continuously defied his army, Shin gathers his remaining troops and launches an all-out assault against Kenshirō as he approaches Southern Cross. After Kenshirō is presumed dead, Barcom seizes the opportunity to plot a mutiny against Shin, and although Shin defeats him, the city is destroyed during the insurrection. With Shin vowing to build another Southern Cross, Yuria decides to commit suicide from the palace balcony and prevent the violence repeating itself.

In the 1986 movie, Shin's army is defeated by Raoh's troops who invaded Southern Cross before Kenshirō's arrival, whilst Shin is defeated off-screen by Raoh himself. When Kenshirō finally arrives, Shin is already dying from his previous fight with Raoh, but takes the chance to tell Kenshirō the whereabouts of Raoh - who has also taken Yuria captive.

The 2008 movie Kenshirō Den introduces Shin's Nanto Koshū Ken predecessor Fūgen, as well as Shin's former training partner Jugai.